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According to a report recently released by the Pasadena Public Health Department, nearly a dozen people may have died due to a superbug infection at Huntington Hospital contracted by improperly sterilized medical instruments.

All told, 16 people were infected with bacteria.

The news comes after the National Labor Relations Board ruled in favor of registered nurses seeking to form a union at the local hospital. There was already an election, which the nurses lost. But now they can hold another vote.

Washington - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Los Angeles Times revealed that three people likely died in a hospital in Pasadena, CA from a superbug outbreak due to tainted medical scopes.

Washington - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in light of the announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) of $6 million to fund research to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This funding is available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, and administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

“I have spent my career in public office working to protect equal access to reproductive health care for all Americans. Reproductive health providers such as Planned Parenthood offer a number of critical services to both men and women, including birth control, screening for deadly cancers, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.